uptick

noun

up·​tick ˈəp-ˌtik 

plural upticks

1

: an increase, rise, or upward trend

For the professional middle class in particular, an uptick in innovation and a return to faster economic growth would solve many problems, and likely reignite income growth.

—Don Peck

Any near-term uptick in jobs will probably be small, because there's still plenty to be milked from existing workers.

—Rana Foroohar

2

finance : a stock market transaction at a price above the last previous transaction in the same security

Hong Kong has long required that stocks can only be sold short on upticks, meaning when the last trade of a specific stock in the market was higher than the preceding trade of that stock.

—Martin Fackler and Keith Bradsher

compare downtick sense 2

Synonyms

• accretion
• accrual
• addendum
• addition
• augmentation
• boost
• expansion
• gain
• increase
• increment
• more
• plus
• proliferation
• raise
• rise
• step-up
• supplement

Examples of uptick in a Sentence

an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year

Recent Examples on the Web

President Biden was in spin mode Wednesday when a reporter asked him to comment on data showing an uptick in the inflation rate. —Matthew Continetti, National Review, 13 Apr. 2024

After a downturn in 2020, the global economy saw a robust rebound, surging by 6.3% in 2021 and 3.4% in 2022, which, in turn, spurred an uptick in job postings. —Miglė Petrauskaitė, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024

In February, Israeli air attacks in Damascus again targeted senior members of the IRGC as well as Hezbollah, which has also faced an uptick in Israeli strikes. —Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2024

Since 2020, Northwestern has had a 30 percent uptick in its volume of liver transplants. —Ted Alcorn, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024

Illinois, Florida, California saw largest increase in abortions in first 15 months after overturn of Roe v. Wade The data estimates that states bordering bans had an uptick in abortions due to women traveling across state lines to access care. —Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2024

And the Beyoncé effect wasn’t just for first-time listeners — the budding acts also saw a major uptick in catalog listening on Spotify in the past week. —Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2024

The historic uptick comes as Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is unveiling regulatory changes this year with the goal of increasing coverage options for residents, particularly in communities at risk of wildfires. —Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024

Trantalis said the release of homeless residents from county hospitals also contributes to the uptick in Fort Lauderdale’s homeless population. —Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

up entry 2 + tick entry 1

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined at sense 2